Existence of global weak solutions to a Cahn-Hilliard cross-diffusion system in lymphangiogenesis

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Main Authors: Jüngel, Ansgar, Li, Yue
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author Jüngel, Ansgar
Li, Yue
author_facet Jüngel, Ansgar
Li, Yue
contents The global-in-time existence of weak solutions to a degenerate Cahn-Hilliard cross-diffusion system with singular potential in a bounded domain with no-flux boundary conditions is proved. The model consists of two coupled parabolic fourth-order partial differential equations and describes the evolution of the fiber phase volume fraction and the solute concentration, modeling the pre-patterning of lymphatic vessel morphology. The fiber phase fraction satisfies the segregation property if this holds initially. The existence proof is based on a three-level approximation scheme and a priori estimates coming from the energy and entropy inequalities. While the free energy is nonincreasing in time, the entropy is only bounded because of the cross-diffusion coupling.
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spellingShingle Existence of global weak solutions to a Cahn-Hilliard cross-diffusion system in lymphangiogenesis
Jüngel, Ansgar
Li, Yue
Analysis of PDEs
35D30, 35K35, 35K65, 35K67, 92C37
The global-in-time existence of weak solutions to a degenerate Cahn-Hilliard cross-diffusion system with singular potential in a bounded domain with no-flux boundary conditions is proved. The model consists of two coupled parabolic fourth-order partial differential equations and describes the evolution of the fiber phase volume fraction and the solute concentration, modeling the pre-patterning of lymphatic vessel morphology. The fiber phase fraction satisfies the segregation property if this holds initially. The existence proof is based on a three-level approximation scheme and a priori estimates coming from the energy and entropy inequalities. While the free energy is nonincreasing in time, the entropy is only bounded because of the cross-diffusion coupling.
title Existence of global weak solutions to a Cahn-Hilliard cross-diffusion system in lymphangiogenesis
topic Analysis of PDEs
35D30, 35K35, 35K65, 35K67, 92C37
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.05180